Dan Boyle (Green Party)

I have just been reminded of other items about which I had forgotten. Access to third level might be addressed in a general debate or in its own right. While free fees do not seem to have brought about the level playing field many of us had hoped for, there is movement in terms of the individual access programmes run by each of the third level institutions, which seem to be having at least partial success in this area. If we have a debate, perhaps we should recognise the work being done in this regard.

With regard to overseas development aid, I am sure the Minister of State would be willing to come to the House for a debate. It is prominently mentioned in the programme for Government that not only do we seek to reach the 0.7% target by 2012 but that during the Budget Statement every year the Minister for Finance will give an account of how we have progressed and how we intend to progress in the following year.